diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
index 0e106bb9752519473df77ab6c0189dda8254ed0d..29dc6d20364e8420d148e3006d50fabeffd13e24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
@@ -223,16 +223,14 @@ static void annotate_browser__write(struct ui_browser *browser, void *entry, int
 			} else if (ins__is_call(dl->ins)) {
 				ui_browser__write_graph(browser, SLSMG_RARROW_CHAR);
 				SLsmg_write_char(' ');
+			} else if (ins__is_ret(dl->ins)) {
+				ui_browser__write_graph(browser, SLSMG_LARROW_CHAR);
+				SLsmg_write_char(' ');
 			} else {
 				ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, " ", 2);
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (strcmp(dl->name, "retq")) {
-				ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, " ", 2);
-			} else {
-				ui_browser__write_graph(browser, SLSMG_LARROW_CHAR);
-				SLsmg_write_char(' ');
-			}
+			ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, " ", 2);
 		}
 
 		disasm_line__scnprintf(dl, bf, sizeof(bf), !annotate_browser__opts.use_offset);
@@ -843,14 +841,14 @@ static int annotate_browser__run(struct annotate_browser *browser,
 				ui_helpline__puts("Huh? No selection. Report to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org");
 			else if (browser->selection->offset == -1)
 				ui_helpline__puts("Actions are only available for assembly lines.");
-			else if (!browser->selection->ins) {
-				if (strcmp(browser->selection->name, "retq"))
-					goto show_sup_ins;
+			else if (!browser->selection->ins)
+				goto show_sup_ins;
+			else if (ins__is_ret(browser->selection->ins))
 				goto out;
-			} else if (!(annotate_browser__jump(browser) ||
+			else if (!(annotate_browser__jump(browser) ||
 				     annotate_browser__callq(browser, evsel, hbt))) {
 show_sup_ins:
-				ui_helpline__puts("Actions are only available for 'callq', 'retq' & jump instructions.");
+				ui_helpline__puts("Actions are only available for function call/return & jump/branch instructions.");
 			}
 			continue;
 		case 't':
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index b2c7ae465465be4cf207c47ce6415c8cdd756d27..c385fecb9d324f81d8bd1a4f9e7687a724172a72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ static struct ins_ops nop_ops = {
 	.scnprintf = nop__scnprintf,
 };
 
+static struct ins_ops ret_ops = {
+	.scnprintf = ins__raw_scnprintf,
+};
+
+bool ins__is_ret(const struct ins *ins)
+{
+	return ins->ops == &ret_ops;
+}
+
 static struct ins instructions[] = {
 	{ .name = "add",   .ops  = &mov_ops, },
 	{ .name = "addl",  .ops  = &mov_ops, },
@@ -444,6 +453,7 @@ static struct ins instructions[] = {
 	{ .name = "xadd",  .ops  = &mov_ops, },
 	{ .name = "xbeginl", .ops  = &jump_ops, },
 	{ .name = "xbeginq", .ops  = &jump_ops, },
+	{ .name = "retq",  .ops  = &ret_ops, },
 };
 
 static int ins__key_cmp(const void *name, const void *insp)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index 82f3781138f908321eed8f8a524b4b5f8e2a3763..a23084f54128ee10b55d959bff99c66c3e0fecba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct ins {
 
 bool ins__is_jump(const struct ins *ins);
 bool ins__is_call(const struct ins *ins);
+bool ins__is_ret(const struct ins *ins);
 int ins__scnprintf(struct ins *ins, char *bf, size_t size, struct ins_operands *ops);
 
 struct annotation;